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I do! And I equally enjoy modern Japanese cinema. Sadly this is happening a bit far from me but I could be tempted down there if there's anything that particularly catches my eye. But in the meantime I have Sadao Yamanaka's 'Humanity and Paper Balloons' to watch on DVD. Paul, if you...

I’ve been twice and I love it. But despite watching a lot of anime I’m far from an otaku, so other than some time wandering around Akihabara and visiting the Ghibli museum I didn’t really do much that was particularly anime/manga related. I managed to travel around a bit, spending time...

Yes, I was there from May 8th till the 22nd. It was brilliant!! Less of a culture shock of course, but still incredible. Got a bit more off the beaten path by spending a chunk of the time on Shikoku. If you ever get to go, although hardly essential, having had a few lessons or at least putting...

GITS is probably the most obvious anime representaion of Neo Tokyo but I'd say that 'Bubblegum Crisis' and 'Dirty Pair Flash' give very strong images of Cyberpunk Tokyo and 'Burst Angel' is worthy of a mention too. Tokyo IS cyberpunk city though. Once the sun goes down it's really like being...

Surely in this day and age naming a child pretty much anything is ok isn’t it? I don’t see the beef with it myself. In fact I think many Japanese names, especially girls, sound quite beautiful and the origin of the name would carry little interest or significance to most people they ever...

I thought that back in the 80's and much of the 90's we just got anime in often poorly dubbed English with at best loose translations of the original scripts?

Nobody in the history of pigeon-holing has ever been pigeon holed as the guy who knows nothing about Iranian cinema. To me you are now truly unique!! "...come on, you know, what's his name? That guy who knows nothing about Iranian cinema" "oh right, yeeah, I know who you mean, that Monkey...

I was re-watching some random episodes of random anime from my collection yesterday afternoon. Amongst them was Najica Blitz Tactics, a show I’d not seen this for the best part of two years but that I loved watching again. Now although I’d argue that there is more to this show, undoubtedly...

I’m a bit of a marriage sceptic as I’ve known a few people (inc me) whose seemingly long and strong relationships have gone wrong. But I also have a good friend who is possibly the most happily married person on the planet! Mind you, I always describe him as ‘under the thumb and over the...

I’ve been agonising for a while over what series to buy next, but this review has made up my mind, so I’ve ordered the boxset. And this series wasn’t even one I’d considered! But I’m very optimistic that this will be another of those ‘fantastic’ (sorry) series that has slipped...

I'm a bit ashamed of rising to that pointless article but I did. Or at least I tried. I left this comment; Stuart says: Sean Connery said, "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight." I say: I'm Annoyed by Film Fanatics that quote lines from movies. And that's because, when they "get out of the...

Is this another Bandai Visual moe fest? It looks to me like it is judging from the character designs. And it sounds very similar to Stratos 4.

Although I’ve haven’t heard of this show it’s very exciting news. I had wondered if any of the former Geneon titles would ever see the light of day again. And having checked mid post, this seems to be regarded as quite a good series. So one for my wish list.

I see that the new movie 1.0 has already been ‘revised’ and is to be released on DVD (in Japan) as 1.01 and have a cinema re-release. Is there no end to the cashing in on EVA? It wouldn’t surprise me that if and when it’s released over here that we won’t be treated to two separate...

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I struggled a bit early on with Hell Girl due to it’s episodic nature. Plus, as I mentioned earlier in this thread I have also struggled with the idea that anyone would pay such a huge price for revenge. But despite these issues I've stuck with it, as I do like a lot of the drawing style...

Aion, at the end of the day fella it’s a bit late asking for peoples thoughts in the respect that you have already won these auctions and paid for the DVD’s. So people’s opinions on the wisdom of your e-baying are neither use nor ornament now. Perhaps you should have started threads on the...

It might just be me but I’m pretty sure that anime fans are changing. Even in the couple of years I’ve been frequenting this forum I’ve definitely noticed a general change in mood. There seems to me to be a prevailing sense that everything is bad at the moment. Everything is; too...

Lists aren't really that interesting to look at and don’t really give a great sense of a collections actual size. So it’d be good if a few pictures could be posted. I'll try and post a picture of my collection soon but I’d especially like to see some pictures of these largest collections...